APAI Secretary travels to Uganda

APAI Secretary Jeralita “Jeri” Costa will be  speaking  to the 2^nd Biennial African Correctional Services Association  Conference scheduled for October 2-5, 2012, in Kampala, Uganda .

She has been invited to speak there on the topic of: International Perspective on Parole: Lessons for Africa.

APAI is delighted to be able to support her travels there. Many African countries have expressed a keen interest in the work we do as many of them  have recently or are looking to in the near future, develop parole systems. Representative of the African countries are frequent visitors to APAI Conferences. We have enjoyed visiting and networking with them over the years.

Jeri has graciously agreed to keep us posted on her experiences at this conference via the APAI blog as time and circumstances permit. Therefore stay tuned to this  blog over the next week to read about her journey  and to find out more about our colleagues in Africa.  

Join the Executive Committee at APAI in wishing Jeri bon voyage and safe travels.

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Thanks partly to greatly expanded rehabilitation and treatment programs, Texas sent 11 percent fewer ex-convicts back to prison in recent years a significant drop in recidivism that is being replicated across the country, according to a new study.

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